Yuri Manga
Yume to Koi de wa Tsuriawanai (夢と恋ではつり合わない) is the story of a girl who believes that she cannot be in love and be successful who, on the eve of exams, falls in love.
Not a manga, per se, but K to M Kamokamen Illustration Collection (KとM かも仮面初作品集) is a collection volume of online and original art that follows K and M as they are friends, then more.
Galette Vol. 4 Special English Edition Kickstarter campaign is set to go live on October 15. I know we’re all excited to support independent, creator-owned Yuri!
Via LumRanmaYasha on Bluesky, the Yen Press retailers panel was full of good news for Yuri fans. First, The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All is one of Yen’s Top 10 best sellers with only 2 volumes so far. Compare it to other top selling series which have 2x-10x more volumes. Additionally, Yen is saying that Love Bullet is expected to be their biggest seller of 2025, with a *December* release. It’s not yet on the Yuricon Store, as a cover has not yet been revealed, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon, Bookwalker, Crunchyroll and Bookshop.org. Read the whole thread, it’s good news and we can all use good news.
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All was nominated for a Harvey Award this year. It lost out to Witch Hat Atelier, which…if you gotta lose, that’s a good one to lose to. ^_^
Mangaalerts is doing a Sailor Moon manga box set giveaway. Check out their post on Bluesky for details!
Hanakage Alt took to Bluesky to announce that their manga, On’ni tte yonde mo īdesu ka? (オンニって呼んでもいいですか ?) is #1 on Comic Walker in the Yuri category. Woo!
ANN’s Rafael Antonio Pineda has the news that The Summer You Were There creator Yuama has a new series beginning in Comic Yuri Hime, Tayutau Koi no Chirigawa ni.
Via YNN Correspondent akatsukinoluna, a new Yuri imprint has launched in Japan. Bunkasha has announced the orSis label. Some of the names are familiar, Nomiya Rion, Yoshitomi Akihito, Akegata Yuu. I am wondering if this is related to the closure of Futekiya’s Manga Planet, as Akegata Yuu’s Tsuki to Suppin had been one of their titles, and Nomiya Rion had also had some work there. Keep an eye on these!
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Yuri Goods
The Love Bullet pop-up has reached Kinokuniya’s online store, for those that can’t make it to a con or a Kino location. Grab some fun Love Bullet merch, and check out the The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All shop as well.
LGBTQ Comic & Novel
The Fanboy Factor reports that the sold out Adventure Time Bubbeline College Special #1 is going into a second printing in November.
Christine Love, game dev known for Ladykiller in a Bind, has a novel out. Star Sword Nemesis is about “the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space,” featuring art by Max Schwartz.
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Yuri Anime
Anime Feminist’s Vrai Kaiser takes a look at two of this season’s Yuri anime in This Monster Wants to Eat Me – Episode 1 and A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace – Episode 1.
I also reviewed This Monster Wants To Eat Me anime this week here on Okazu, ICYMI. ^_^
Yuri Live Action
Via backer notification and Comic Natalie, Yorita Miyuki’s crowdfunded live-action film adaptation of her manga, Kanojo no Kuchizuke Kansen Suru Libido (彼女のくちづけ 感染するリビドー) is getting a theatrical release in Ikebukuro on November 7. How exciting!
Other News
Via Anime News Network on Bluesky, here’s a metal version of the Sailor Moon theme by Powerglove for you to enjoy. ^_^
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